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1952–2011
Linda Datcher Loury (January 19, 1952 – September 22, 2011) was an American economist who was a professor of economics at Tufts University. Her work on family and neighborhood economics put her among the founders of social economics.
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Linda Day Clark is a photographer, professor, and curator noted for capturing everyday life in African American rural and urban environments, particularly in Gee's Bend. Her work has been shown in the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Brooklyn Museum of Art,…
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Linda Victoria Diaz is an American singer-songwriter and chess player. She is a co-host of the PBS music education series Sound Field. In 2020, she won the NPR Tiny Desk Contest with her song "Green Tea Ice Cream".
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Linda Marinda Heywood (born Tunapuna, Trinidad and Tobago 1945) is a Caribbean-American historian and professor of African American studies and history at Boston University. Before coming to Boston University in 2003, Heywood taught at Howard University…
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Linda Oubré is an American academic administrator who served as president of Whittier College from 2018 to 2023.
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Lindell Shamar Wigginton ( lin-DEL; born March 28, 1998) is a Canadian professional basketball player for the Shanxi Loongs of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA). He played college basketball for the Iowa State Cyclones.
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Lindsay Grace is an American academic, artist, and video game designer. He currently serves as the Knight Chair of Interactive Media and is also a Professor at the School of Communication, University of Miami. Grace is well known as an academic game…
1960–
Lionel Washington (born October 21, 1960) is an American former college football coach and player. He played as a cornerback for 15 seasons in the National Football League (NFL). Washington played college football for Tulane. Washington was a…
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Lisa Bowleg (née: Ingrid Alisa Bowleg) is an applied social psychologist known for conducting research on intersectionality in social and behavioral science and the relationship between social-contextual factors and stress, resilience, and HIV risk in…
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Lisa M. Coleman is an American academic administrator and the President of Adler University. Coleman is a well recognized leader in the field of higher education and is a National Academy of Public Administration Fellow. Coleman is also the recipient of…
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Lisa DeNell Cook (born 1964) is an American economist who was sworn in as a member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors in 2022. She is the first black woman to sit on the board. Before her appointment to the Federal Reserve Board, she was elected in…
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Lisa Davina Phillip is a British actress and singer. Phillip began acting in her early teens, when she appeared in various productions for local theatre group Second Wave Centre For Youth Arts. She then studied Drama, Media and Popular Culture at…
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Lisa D. Delpit is an American educationalist, researcher, and author. She is the former executive director and Eminent Scholar at the Center for Urban Educational Excellence at Florida International University in Miami, Florida, Benjamin E. Mays Chair of…
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Lisa Durden is a media commentator and producer. Durden was born and raised in Newark, New Jersey and graduated from Seton Hall University with a degree in journalism. She has provided commentary on The Kelly File and other television programs on subjects…
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Lisa M. Fairfax (born 1970) is an American legal scholar who is a Presidential Professor at the University of Pennsylvania Law School. She was previously Alexander Hamilton Professor of Business Law at the George Washington University Law School.
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Alisia "Lisa" Salters (born March 6, 1966) is an American journalist and former college basketball player who has reported for ESPN and ABC since 2000. Salters covered the O. J. Simpson murder case for ABC News and worked as a reporter at WBAL-TV in…
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Lisa D. White is an American geologist and director of Education and Outreach at the University of California Museum of Paleontology. White is a former professor of geosciences and associate dean of the College of Science and Engineering at San Francisco…
1925–2009
Lisle Carleton Carter Jr. (November 18, 1925 – September 10, 2009) was an American administrator who worked for civic organizations, educational institutions, and the federal government. He was also the first modern President of the University of the…
2021
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “List of Schools named after General Colin L. Powell”.
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FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThe single volume of the list of schools under patronage of societies (47) is undated and arranged by the name of the supporting society. The entries list locations, teachers' names, and post office addresses. The volume also contains a list of teachers to…
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FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThe single–volume list of teachers assigned to schools, October 1869–March 1870 (38), is arranged alphabetically by name of town. The list of teachers was apparently written in a volume that was formerly a name index to another volume.
May 1867–Nov. 1868
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThe lists of teachers entitled to purchase rations, May 1867–November 1868, are arranged chronologically. They were submitted monthly by the Superintendent of Education to the Assistant Commissioner so that teachers would be able to purchase commissary…
1994
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “"Literacy Campaign" by Berhane Adonai, Eritrea” (Negatives (photographic)).
1919–1996
Elizabeth Anne Ray "Liz" Williamson (1919–1996) was an American dancer, dance teacher, and choreographer. She was a member of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater and the first artist-in-residence at Jacob's Pillow.
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